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How to use Microsoft Flow to extract SharePoint Online list data

May 3, 2018 by

Data extraction is a pivotal part of any business process particularly when it comes to running reports and facilitating business decision-making. In the article, How to configure OData SSIS Connection for SharePoint Online, I covered data extraction off a SharePoint Online list using SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS). You would have noticed in the aforementioned article that getting SSIS to successfully integrate with SharePoint Online lists can be a laborious exercise, especially if you haven’t installed the correct SharePoint SDK files. Thus, in business environments where business and Power Users have more control of data extraction processes, SSIS could get complicated for an ordinary business user to operate. Therefore, given the nature of our source data and the platform in which it resides, ETL architects and developers alike may need to find alternative ETL tools to SSIS. This brings me to Microsoft Flow which could be one possible alternative to using SSIS for data extraction. Microsoft Flow is part of Office 365 applications and just like SharePoint Online, is a cloud-based application that is freely available, easier to operate and effortlessly integrates with – amongst other applications – SharePoint Online. The aim of this article is to demonstrate the convenience of extracting data from one SharePoint Online list to another using Microsoft Flow.

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How to configure OData SSIS Connection for SharePoint Online

April 13, 2018 by

As data warehouse developers, we often have to extract data from a myriad of source systems. Thus, whilst some source systems readily integrate with our ETL tools there are instances whereby we need to install additional drivers and software addons in order to successfully connect and extract data from other source systems. Microsoft SharePoint Online is one such source system that I recently had to extract data from and its connectors are by default not part of the standard SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) package template. As SSIS developers we often don’t have solid background on environments such as SharePoint, thus figuring out which version of SharePoint Software Development Kit to install in order to enable successful connection from SSIS can sometimes be a frustrating experience. In this article, I try to alleviate some of that frustration by sharing some of my recent experiences relating to getting data out of a SharePoint list using SSIS.

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Vin Cannarelli

5 tips for working with SQL Server databases to support SharePoint

November 23, 2017 by

The SharePoint primer

If you are reading this, odds are you already work with SharePoint. So, isn’t reading a primer a waste of your time? Not really. As with all things tech, and more to the point Microsoft’s enterprise technology offerings, complete mastery is elusive. For instance, your SharePoint deployment should support sharing, collaboration, and content management depending on your organizational needs. But are you getting the most out of your deployment? And by the way, in how many ways can users collaborate?

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Steve Simon

Share your data!… Loading SQL data from SharePoint

November 12, 2014 by

Introduction

In the process of doing the round of PASS SQL Saturday’s, I have often been asked how to load data into SQL Server from SharePoint. Naturally and at first glance it should be a ‘no brainer’ however the gotcha is normally related to a security issue. Over the past few days, I have been working on just such an issue. But wait, I am getting ahead of myself!

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